In SerialThe Eightfold Fist Fantasy Action Adventure School Life Slice of Life
[RoyalRoad April 2022 Writathon Winner]
200 years ago, man attempted to play God and unleashed the mysterious energy field known as the Rddhi, inadvertently ushering in two centuries of warfare in the process. In the present, the successors of the former United States once again spiral into war. Included among the vast resources necessary for the growing war machines are those students of the next generation who can freely manipulate the Rddhi, granting them psychic abilities.
Enter Isaac, a student attending the New England Confederation's Rddhi development program to avenge his father's death in the First American War. A chance encounter after school gives him the opportunity of a lifetime.
Storm clouds darken over the world. The approaching Second American War will just be one theater in humanity's final conflict. Join Isaac as he ascends the path of the Eightfold Fist and seeks its ultimate prize - Godhood and enlightenment - against a backdrop of technological rediscovery and feuding ideologies.
In sum, a progression fantasy-inspired story set in a post-post-post apocalyptic 1930s-esque world.
Interlude chapters on August 14th and 29th, then returns in September!
Chapters will be between 1500-3500 words.
Also publishing on ScribbleHub, where a glossary with a character sheet is currently under-construction.
Season 1 - “The Great American Japanimation” (Chapters 1-)
Isaac of the New England Confederation unlocks the ability to manipulate the Rddhi, bringing him into the wider world of colorful characters, psychic powers, and political intrigue. Along the way, he and his friends will battle enemies and threats including, but not limited to: spies, smugglers, revolutionaries, serial killers, state security forces, ambitious elites, estranged family members, old flames, mobsters, gangsters, hallucinations, mental health, recreational drug use, a particularly long shojo interlude, lab experiments, international politics, love dodecahedrons, creative differences, overdue VHS tapes, and...Piper.
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1. 1. The Funeral I
2. 2. The Funeral II - "Longing"
3. 3. The Funeral III - "Isaac vs Alfie"
4. 4. The Funeral IV - "The Call"
5. 5. The Sewer I
6. 6. The Sewer II - "The Spray Paint"
7. 7. The Sewer III - "Never Have I Ever"
8. 8. The Sewer IV - "Reed vs Panama"
9. 9. The Sewer V - "The Jelly Donut"
10. 10. The Sewer VI - "Isaac vs Jackson"
11. 11. The Sewer VII - "The Closed-Eye Smile"
12. 12. The Ring Dings I
13. 13. The Ring Dings II - "Alfie Coonan"
14. 14. The Ring Dings III - "The Return Policy"
15. 15. The Ring Dings IV - "The Bad Habit"
16. 16. The Ring Dings V - "Opening Up"
17. 17. The Ring Dings VI - "The Ring"
18. 18. The Ring Dings VII - "The Halloween Spirit"
19. 19. The Ring Dings VIII - "Night Raid 2221"
20. 20. The Ring Dings IX - "Sneak Chamber"
21. 21. The Ring Dings X - "The Mad Preacher"
22. 22. The Ring Dings XI - "Harriet Jones"
23. 23. The Ring Dings XII - "Isaac vs Harriet"
24. 24. The Ring Dings XIII - "The Ghost"
25. 25. The Ring Dings XIV - "Roman Julian 1"
26. 26. The Ring Dings XV - "Roman Julian 2"
27. 27. The Ring Dings XVI - "Roman Julian 3"
28. 28. The Ring Dings XVII - "Reed vs Roman"
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